A DOCTOR saved a baby with a pair of 2p rubber gloves in an improvised operation after overhearing a nurse tell his mother her child would die.

He had been visiting the hospital but sprang into action and told a sobbing Jodi Baker: “I’m going to try something on your son – it will either save his life or end things.”

Jodi and her partner Brian Willett had been told the small intestine of four-week-old Jake had burst and the infection would kill him.

Jodi and her partner Brian Willett had been told the small intestine of four-week-old Jake had burst and the infection would kill him.

But Jodi, 28, and Brian, 30, watched as the surgeon reached into Jake’s incubator and made two tiny cuts in his stomach. He then put a standard-issue surgical glove in each incision to allow the infection to drain away.

The “miracle” procedure saved him and he was transferred from Medway Hospital in Kent to London for a six-hour operation. Now 16 months old, Jake has made a full recovery but remarkably his mother does not know the identity of the mystery surgeon.

He is believed to be a consultant neonatal specialist on rotation between King’s College Hospital in London and Medway Hospital. Now they want to thank him personally.

Jodi, from Minster, Kent, said: “The nurse said we should ask our family to come to the hospital to say goodbye to Jake. It all happened so quickly I cannot even remember what the doctor looked like.

“My partner and I would love to be able to see him again to thank him for saving Jake’s life.”